:: a response to a humble request made by a dear friend ::

buah hati Nok dah cekap pegang baby **hi hi hi**

Uncle Jack-Jack yang mesti buat muka cenggini everytime amek gambar
**kalau tak, dia takleh tido malam-->Ngigau teruk!**

Abis air liur Irfan kena baju Uncle Jack- Jack

Tak tahu Auntie Mel tgh buat apa ni?

**Betul Auntie, I am a BOY...No need to check to double confirm!**

Someone noticed that I haven't updated new pictures of my baby in this blog..

And that someone is full of hormones and moetherly instinct as she is now with a child **yeay for Jue!!**

anyway, as a response to that **and to everyone else who're wondering as well**, here are some recent photos of the bab-bab Muhammad Haddy-Irfan Zulfadhli..

venue : my house, during th impromptu visit-cum-open house by my fwens from Blue Star **Maersk lah, sapa lagi**

no, I am not in picture as I was busy attending and talking, gossip-ing with fellow mak ajiS

**al maklumlah I am no longer part of the company, hence no more session during office hours via OC, PA etc**

..ENjoy!

:: Deeparaya and the commotions in my life ::

Happy Deepavali to all my Hindu friends....and appreciate the gesture of inviting the family over for the celebration but due to some prior invites from hubster's family, I was not able to join in the fun...Nevertheless, hoping that your celebartion this year was a blast and that you enjoyed every minute of it...:)

Moving on..
Saturday I did not have much to do...More or less lazying around the house, cooking and attempted to do some ironing..Managed to do most of the ironing etc and planned the menu for tomorrow's get-together at my place as planned my hubster's cousins..**read that: their plan, my house...hi hi hi hi hi**

did some simple marketing-->confirmed that I will be cooking spaghetti bologneise with everything in **except the kitchen sink , of course!hi hi hi hi**

anyway....Sunday...jeng jeng jeng...
hubster came back earlier than usual just to clean up the front part of the house...Uncle Karung Guni was absent lah the past week and we could not sell off all the unnecessary stuffs, hence the small clutter at one corner of the house...:)
me on the other hand was busy getting the boys ready-->giving them their baths, dress 'em up in their house clothes first, feeding them breakfast before hubster took the two older boys **Aisy & Adyff** upstairs for their nap...

staright on form 0900hrs -1100hrs , I was toiling in the kitchen **he he he he, macam kena kerja berat je...hi hi hi** and when I was just about to take my bath after done with the cooking etc, someone already gave Salam at the doorstep..oh shoot!!everyone is already here...hi hi hi..

open the gate-->open the door-->get the food out and voila....makan time!!!
**at the same time, hubster woke up and got ready and came down to entertain the guests.WHY NOT ME? some of the cousins I only know by name and this was the first time I am meeting up with them personally, hence the plan of having this get-together at my place:)**

after an hour or two, we bundled up and drove all the way to Taman Ungku Tun Aminah to my BIL's open house...he's residing in one of the townhouses there and I am truthfully not fond of his house. Reason being **pls don't think that I am a schmuck for saying this**-->his house is on the topfloor..4th floor and I am in heels, plus carrying my baby some more...

anyway, had our additional lunch as well there..before moving on the to the next house, just about 5mins drive from my BIL's place..

well this house is creatively -challenged, seriously..

I understand that you have a hobby...you fill up the house with ducks, chinas and I am scared on behalf of my boys..this is not the house for anyone to visit if you have small kids with "itchy hands"..anyway, had some more food and off we go...to one of hubster's auntie's place..just had a few sips of her cold drink and a few mouthful of delicious chocolate cake...**moi favourite**

I didn;t felt a bit tired along the way but once I was home **and imagine that hubster had to go straight to work** but once I was at home suddenly everyone hits me at one go..wat did I do?I rushed everyone up and zzzzz ...

Monday..
when to class but in my dreamy state...
WHY?
I accidentally slipped down in the bathroom and fortunately did not knock any of my boy's down as well..head's banged quite hard on the floor and the head seems to be buzzing and I was momentarily dumbstruck and couldn't remember as to why I was in the bathroom in the first place...Luckily my boys were in there as well, naked as naked can be...hi hi hi, then it hits me that I needed to give them their bath...hi hi hi...

at class, we had a 45mins test, which I can assure you that I might have not been up to it, nevertheless made a good attempt of answering it..:)

hmmm...head's still buzzing...but mebbe it;s nothing..:D

:: part 2 ::

menyambung kembali citer di bawah....

the sad part about Geylang is that nowadays people go there sekadar hanya untuk mencukupkan syarat kalau jalan2 raya kat Spore..

It's not like how it's used to be...

baju raya???

he he he he..as we have a new edition to the family--MUHAMMAD HADDY-IRFAN ZULFADHLI, hubster wanted everyone to be in sync--typical kan??

so, first tasks-->jeans...where did we go? Guess Kids of course...

and what is Zaza without drama kan??

we had a good day all day long, checking and lookig out for the perfect jeans as well as a shirt for all three of them..first of all, the issues about sizes...not all jeans has sizes for the small one..so we searched the whole store for one that have sizes for Aisy, Adyff and Irfan..when we got it all, guess what?--->no discounts!!

okay lah...sabar lagi...

2ns task- the shirt..it was easier now as we have already established which size fits who, hence we can startight away ask for the required items...yang tak besh nya...not all baju comes in those sizes plak...!!! finally dapat....then , same issue....no discount..

all in all, we have picked out a pair of jeans and shirt, with 3 pairs of socks for each of them and then comes the bills....

MYR 1278.00...**gasps!!!!**

hubster says use the credit card first..and Missy Drama Queen here "accidentally" left it in her other bag....sheeessshh!!!**tu kan namanya mencari pasal?**

so, I had asked for the cashier's discrepancy and requested that those items picked out be reserved at least until the next day, lunch time...thank God they happily obliged...

-->cut story short, dlm kete masih ada org yang masam muka but then esoknya I went to pay and collect all the items without a hinch!<--

baju kurung **or baju melayu for Msians, mind you** was the biggest hassle of all..

wanted to go or pink this year...picked out a pick size 1 for Irfan and it fits him so-so lah **needed to send for alteration later** but then came the obstacle of finding the same color and design for the rest of the clan....sheesh...

I ended up having to change the theme color for almost 4 times which ended up being dark marine blue this year..I didn't have a proble to find something that matches with their outfit in Angsana..and it was nice and kinda cheap..MYR138.00 for something that nice...I was elated!!

hmm...note to self-->next year, buy materials earlier and send it to the tailors A.SA.P....hi hi hi hi,....

:: Jalan -jalan Geylang ::

The trip was supposed to be a girls' outing courtesy of moi sebab kalau nak drag anak2 plus my better half, ada orang yang pusu2 mati ke tolak..**he hates places with lotsa people..he admits it himself..dia ANTI-SOSIAL**

anyway...i was about the cancel the trip terus as Ayu was down with some flu-like symptoms and H1N1 kan tengah menggila skang nih but then just as I was about to cancel, Ayu dah leh discharge dr spital and we invited Mel to come along..Niat di hati bukannya nak membeli pun..**org bodoh je yang beli brg bagai kat Geylang tu...mahal nak mampos, tak chantek pulak tu...except for the langsir..admittedly murah and chantek banget!**

nak dijadikan cerita...

tinggallah anak2ku dgn cik abg **it was his off day and its his turn take care of the boys**, ku merembat Sorentoku dan bersama2 dgn Ayu berdesup ke Larkin mengambil Mel..

we straight drove to CIQ and was cleared after about 30mins from one end-to-the other...Not badlah for a Saturday and mebbe the fact that we were going INTO Singapore whereas the crowd were going the other way round...

And mcm biasalah kalau moi yang drive and tak sesat..itu bukan ZAZA namanya...he he he...Nasib baik ada Ayu yang sungguh handal berbahasa Mandarin meringankan mulut **aku yang suh sbenornya!** menanya kat sorang atuk cina dan seorang pemandu limo yang berbesar hati menunjukkan jalan...

Sampai Geylang -->JAM RABAK!!!

nasib baik daku sabar dan pusing2 ronda2 parking space tu nak cari parking hikmat yang dekat benor dgn tempat berjalan nih...alhamdulillah, after almost 4 times of making the rounds-we found a parking lot **yay!!**

Buat reverse parking cantik2-->kuwar kete-->regangkan kaki and mula jalan, mengukur kawasan bazar.,...

Takde apa yang menarik..as i remebered dr first time I jejak kan kaki ke bazar ni **it was 3 years ago**,apa yang jual masa tu..sama je dia jual masa skang nih...

Baju2 kebaya macam org nak kawen dr Batam..

seriously takde langsung baju kurung modern macam kat JB **yang paling dekat kan?**, and their fashion is wayyyyyyyyyy teruk...

I came there for my dengdeng yang tak dapat nak jumpa kat MSIA...Its like bak kwa, but made with halal meat tau...sedap!delish sgt...100gm -SGD4.00..

To be continued....

:: MUHAMMAD HADDYFF ZULFADHLI'S 2ND BIRTHDAY ::

He is 2 already..

Rasa macam baru semalam je baju "newborn" muat lagi dgn saiz dia yang lahir premature..

and now,he is already 2!!

Macam tak percaya...

Tapi bila tgk dia bergurau dgn Abg Harryth and tak abes2 gomol Baby Irfan with his sloppy kisses, yes I can tell he's 2....:)

Sayang anak Mommy..Moga besar nanti jadi insan yang bertaqwa, beriman dan tahu tanggungjawab terhadap Allah swt, Abah & Mommy serta adik-beradik...

:: Pengorbanan seorang ANAK ::

All these while kan, kalau kita sebut pasal pengorbanan-immediately kita akan teringat pada our parents..pendek kata buat mereka yang semua jauh lebih tua dr kita kan?but have you guys ever thought that actually anak-anak kita juga ada melakukan pengorbanan buat kita??

Actually ini entry sedey ah koz starting yesterday - 010909,MUHAMMAD HADDY-IRFAN ZULFADHLI telahpun menjejakkan kakinya ke nurseri mengikut jejak langkah abang-abangnya..Location? Mana lagi kalau bukan kat NURI DANGA BAY..I know that the teachers there are nice and very careful with my "precious treasures of life" but I still can't help it.. I cried after I got him ready. Bathe him..Nurse him..Play with him..Bila masa nak masukkan dia kat car-seat masih tak sebak lagi koz hari-hari sekolah pun mmg dia akan ikut sama hantar the brothers but yesterday was different..he was also being sent there...

Nasiblah the school was having a Merdeka celebration until quite late in the morning, so I had the time to just spend time with my Irfan in the baby's room upstair..I was talking and advising the teacher of so many things about Irfan until I felt embarass..Mcm tak percayakan cikgu dia plak..Malu dibuatnya..

But then, ku tabahkan hati and gave him one long sloppy kiss before bidding him adieu..

Cepat2 masuk kete and terus kuwar dr sekolah and made a turn further upfront of Danga Bay and cepat2 exit to the earest car park and cried my eyes out!

ring!ring!ring!
**Actually ringing tone bunyi lain**

HE was on the phone..asking me why was my voice so slow..I told him what happened..HIS words were deep..WAAAAYYYY deep..

"Itu namanya pengorbanan anak..Walaupun dia berhak dptkan perhatian & kasih sayang you 24/7 tapi dia redha you antar dia ke nursery.Sabar...Tabahkan hati..We have things to do, issues to settle in life..Jangan kememeh lah, darling"

Betul tu..and I just kept quite.

SILENT.

:: yesterday's project ::

first of all, semalam adalah seperti hari budusss saya...woke up quite early in the morning trying to beat the crazy rush at Jusco Tebrau lah kononnya..but after selecting all the wanted clothes at Baby Guess then Mommy suddenly had to slap her forehead really- really hard as she suddenly realizedthat she left her Maybank debit card at home **gasps** and hubby does not carry any cash with him at all as all his $$$$ dah ada dlm acc Maybank tu...

hubby punya muka dah takleh nak angkat dah, cuma mungkin becoz its puasa kan that he only mumbled something under his breath before instructing the girls there to just pack up the clothes and keep it aside for me to collect it the next day **todaylah tu- and dah hambek dah...**

aaannnnnyyyywaaaaayyyyy...
kesudahannya we went back home early and I straight went to the kitchen to cook for breaking of fast meal.

Temanya , tuan-tuan dan puan-puan ialah Western foods..and on the menu: Roast chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, home-made coleslaw, french- fries with soya-cincau..

Roast chicken:
original recipe where I just threw in whatever spices I have in the fridge and add just a dash of honey,ketchup, soy-sauce and marinated overnight. as this was my virgin crusade using the new microwave-convection oven teh result was so-so but hubby was loving it!!
**a good tip before roasting the chicken-->take it out 3 hours before putting it to cook to ensure that the meat inside is not that cold. this is prevent uneven cooking of the meat**

Mashed potatoes & gravy:
rossett potatoes being boiled to perfection and added with butter, some salt. Then using the portable hand-mixer just blend it all together until you get a good dollop.To top it up- served with the perfect thick mushroom soup..

home-made coleslaw:
i bought the mixed fresh salad and started slicing 'em up roughly, threw in some cherry tomatoes and boiled baby carrots only to realized that mak bley lupa beli lemon nak kasik zing sket into the coleslaw dressing. I had to improvise..last-last coleslaw mak jadi but I used the most unlikely thing as alternative for the missing lemon/lime -->jus asam jawa!!

next on my lists, would be attempts to cook a better roast chicken as well as trying my luck on baking...XD